Free Databases (all subjects)

A collection of free full text searchable historic newspapers, inlcuding these:
• California Star 1847-1848
• Daily Alta California 1849-1891
• Imperial Valley News 1901-1911
• Los Angeles Herald 1905-1911
• Pacific Rural Press (SF) 1871-1922
• Sacramento Daily Union 1851-1898
• San Francisco Call 1890-1913

Searches the archives of hundreds of national, state, regional, and local newspapers. Some full-text articles are available free of charge.

Consists of two components: 1) New York Times Article Archive; 1851 - 1995 and, 2) The New York Times Article Archive; 1995 to date. Articles may be purchased from the Article Archive site.